Limacher Low Down: I will be honest; I was expecting quite a bit of thrills and chills from this movie, and I was unfortunately let down. "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" does offer a few scares and good plot development, but I wanted MORE than good, I wanted GREAT! The previews makes it look like this is going to be scary from beginning to end, yet I didn’t get that feeling. I … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
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Fright Night
Finally, a vampire flick with bite. The H-Bomb: Something strange has been going on in a Las Vegas suburb, as local residents have been mysteriously disappearing at an alarming rate. High school senior Charley (Anton Yelchin) hasn’t really been paying attention to this, since he’s much more focused on his hot new girlfriend, Amy (Imogen Poots), and hanging out with the … [Read more...] about Fright Night
Unicorn City
I had heard of Live Action Role Play or LARPing before, and I even had a little experience playing table games; but when I heard the whole film was essentially constructed around LARP, I was somewhat intrigued. . . but also a tad skeptical. I figured I should give anything a try once, especially an independent film, and I had the opportunity to screen this movie at Wizard World … [Read more...] about Unicorn City
Super
Shut up, crime! The H-Bomb: Frank D’Arbo (Rainn Wilson) is a schlubby everyman who lives an utterly unremarkable, and even slightly depressing life. He works as a short order cook in a dingy, disgusting, greasy spoon shit pit of a diner, and is married to Sarah (Liv Tyler), an ex-drug addict who doesn’t seem to be all that interested in him these days. One day he comes … [Read more...] about Super
Rendezvous
Every sin comes with a price Swift shot: While not a professional feature film, there is a raw complexity that makes this one watchable, despite some mediocre acting and unbelievably pedestrian dialog. Sarah Cooper and Javon Johnson were exceptional stand-outs in an otherwise amateur cast and production team. Still, I was roommates with one of the … [Read more...] about Rendezvous
